Essay On The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770 – 1807

The Atlantic Slave Trade impacted Britain in a number of ways. In the following I will explain how Britain was affected by discussing, The Triangular Trade, the use of African Slaves, and the positive and negative effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade had on Britain. The Triangular Trade was a huge part of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Britain played a main part in it. The Triangular Trade consisted of three passages: The outward passage, the middle passage and the return passage. The outward passage was from Britain to West Africa. Ships would leave Britain loaded with cargo such as: cloth, silverware, guns, gunpowder and other trinkets. These ships would travel to West Africa where the trinkets would be traded for African Slaves. The ships would then leave West Africa and begin the middle Passage. The ships would take the African Slaves across the …show more content…
Because of the Slave Trade ports such as Liverpool and Bristol grew enormously. There were many jobs created by the Slave Trade, many sailors were employed to work on Slave ships. Businesses in Liverpool and Bristol benefitted because sailors in the ports would use Inns and Taverns surrounding the docks. Many banks and insurance companies were set up because of the Slave Trade. Lloyd’s of London has roots in the Atlantic Slave Trade. It was originally a small business in a coffee house, it made profits from insuring Slave Ships and it grew into one of the largest insuring and banking houses in the world. Jobs were also provided by the tobacco and textile industries. However, there were many Christian concerns surrounding Britain’s involvement in the Slave Trade. How could Christians treat another man, a brother as property or livestock? Although the Atlantic Slave Trade made Britain prosper economically it left a black mark on Britain’s record, forever leaving Britain with the memories of their